Tax questions raised in medical-marijuana proposal

12:52 AM,
Oct. 29, 2013

Written by

Karl Etters
Democrat staff writer

The medical designation of marijuana in Florida would have an impact in how it is taxed and regulated.

More than half a million signature petitions must still be gathered to get a medical-marijuana proposal on the 2014 ballot, the state's Supreme Court must still sign off on the amendment's language and 60 percent of voters would have to approve it. Officials are trying to figure out now what the cost to the state would be if all that happens.

Unknown for tax purposes is whether medical marijuana would be considered an agricultural product, its medical designation and how dispensaries would ...